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From June 1997 until the present, the Namies have led the first and only U.S. organization dedicated to the eradication of workplace bullying that combines help for individuals via our websites & over 10,000 consultations, telephone coaching, conducting & popularizing scientific research, authoring books, producing education DVDs, leading training for professionals-unions-employers, coordinating national legislative advocacy, and providing consulting solutions for organizations. We proudly helped create the U.S. Academy of Workplace Bullying, Mobbing & Abuse.

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Posts Tagged ‘Bill Lepowsky’

For Bill Lepowsky, there was something familiar in the unfolding drama between offensive linemen Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito of the Miami Dolphins.

Indignities suffered by Martin at the hands of teammates have raised the question of where a locker-room prank crosses the line to become destructive bullying. It also thrust into the spotlight a harsh fact: Bullying isn’t a problem that ends with high school graduation. Anyone can be bullied, including Stanford-educated, 300-pound NFL offensive tackles.

For Lepowsky, 67, a math professor at Laney College in Oakland, this idea was nothing new. For years he was bullied at his workplace, harassed by grown colleagues. The situation was so confounding that at first he didn’t realize he was being bullied.

“It made no sense,” he recalled. “It felt like living in an ‘Alice and Wonderland’ world where everything is upside down.”

Bullying among kids and teens often makes the headlines, but the harassment is common among adults, as well.

“It happens at home, at work. People have only thought about bullying related to children, but the fact is that right now adult bullying is rampant,” said Jill Brooke, an expert on adult bullying and author of the recently published book “The Need to Say No – How to Be Bullish and Not Bullied.”

Kim is being stalked in the halls by her supervisor. Her every move is scrutinized, judged. Every day, she is berated with personal insults suggesting that she’s just not good enough to work anywhere. The yelling and unfair accusations do not simply make her hate coming to work. It has led to more serious health issues.